Cristiano Ronaldo scores first goal for Juventus in preseason friendly

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4:19 pm PDT, Sunday, August 12, 2018

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Juventus’ newest forward made fans wait only eight minutes before scoring his first goal for the club in a preseason friendly against the team’s “B’’ side Sunday in Villar Perosa, Italy. Ronaldo finished with his usual confidence after latching onto a looping pass over the midfield from attacking midfielder Federico Bernardeschi. Ronaldo stunned Madrid fans last month when he joined Juventus for an Italian league-record sum of $128 million. The Portugal international probably will make his proper debut in Juve’s first league match of the season at Chievo Verona on Saturday.

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The other Ronaldo — the Brazilian player who scored eight goals on the way to the 2002 World Cup title — said he has been hospitalized in Ibiza, Spain, since Friday because of flu. However, he assured fans on social media that “everything is under control now” and that he expects to return home on Monday. Ronaldo, 41, a three-time FIFA World Player of the Year, spends much of his time in Spain, where he played briefly at Barcelona and at Real Madrid between 2002 and 2007.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 9, 2017 former Brazilian football player Ronaldo poses as he arrives for the Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in Zurich. - Retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo has been hospitalised with pneumonia on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza and is recovering well, a local newspaper reported on August 12, 2018. (Photo by MICHAEL BUHOLZER / AFP)MICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images less

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 9, 2017 former Brazilian football player Ronaldo poses as he arrives for the Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in Zurich. - Retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo has been hospitalised with pneumonia on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza and is recovering well, a local newspaper reported on August 12, 2018. (Photo by MICHAEL BUHOLZER / AFP)MICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images less

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 9, 2017 former Brazilian football player Ronaldo poses as he arrives for the Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in Zurich. - Retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo has ... more

Photo: MICHAEL BUHOLZER;Michael Buholzer / AFP / Getty Images

Cristiano Ronaldo scores first goal for Juventus in preseason friendly